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On heels of first NCAA hoops bid, Hartford student-athletes outraged over decision to downgrade from DI to DIIIThe University of Hartford men’s basketball team set a new standard for the university in 2021, earning the program’s first ever March Madness tournament bid. Despite losing to eventual tournament champion Baylor in the first round, the ground-breaking achievement was celebrated by the entire Hartfo...

Division III Had No Problem Shutting Down Championships. What’s the Hold-Up for D1? [Updated]The NCAA Division III Presidents Council’s decision, Wednesday, to cancel all fall sports championships for the 2020-21 school year in what could foreshadow the fate of larger divisions....

This Obscure College Basketball Game Had A Nutty Finish<em></em>You won’t know either of these schools, but man, this was fun. Down two points with 12.7 seconds left in overtime Wednesday against Bryant and Stratton, the Cazenovia Wildcats needed a miracle. First, Raishun Richardson nailed a reverse layup with 2.6 seconds left to tie the score at 112, then fres...

D-III Basketball Player Hits Opponent With Brutal Elbow Cheap Shot [Update]

The Fitchburg State Falcons’ Kewan Platt, who was recently honored as MASCAC men’s basketball player of the week, put up 16 points, five rebounds, and four blocks in the school’s 84-75 loss to the Nichols College Bison. He also landed this disgusting elbow strike right to the face of Nichols’ Nate T...

Bizarre D-III Field Goal Likely The Weirdest You've Ever Seen

Division III Texas Lutheran fired home a field goal late in the first half of its win over Belhaven today, but it’s about the weirdest you’ll ever see. In fact, it was so weird officials awarded three points to the Bulldogs despite it being illegal as hell....

College Basketball Team's Leading Scorer Arrested After Appearing To Punch, Head-Stomp Opponent During Game

Three people are under arrest after a brawl interrupted yesterday’s Division III basketball matchup in New Hampshire between Daniel Webster and Southern Vermont. Among those arrested: DWC’s leading scorer, Marquise Caudill—who appears to punch and then stomp the head of an opponent in the brawl....

Enthused Announcer Nearly Passes Out From Excitement Calling D-II Buzzer-Beater

Have you ever counted your chickens? Before they hatched??? Repent....

John Carroll Ends Mount Union's Championship Streak

For the first time in 25 years, the Ohio Athletic Conference has a champion other than Mount Union as the Purple Raiders fell today 31-28 to John Carroll, giving the Blue Streaks only their second league title in history....

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The Future Of College Football Is ... The University Of The South?

Larry Majors saunters toward Hardee-McGee Field—the oldest on-campus football stadium in the South—from the brick house his family has owned for nearly 50 years, the one so close that a rusty tackling sled practically sits in the front yard. He passes a flagpole behind the east end zone that stands ...

by Adam Doster|

|Tue Dec 30 2014

This Division III Basketball Team Has The Best Bench Celebrations

The Colby College basketball team is probably not a thing that the residents of Waterville, Maine, need to go out of their way to see in action. It's Division III basketball, after all. The team's bench, on the other hand, is worth the price of admission....

by Tom Ley|

|Tue Mar 11 2014

How Division-III Colleges Profit From Football No One Watches

Right up there with Chicago Cubs 1908 World Series Champions among great historical-minded sports T-shirts is the one that has floated around central Arkansas for years: The shirt that proclaims Hendrix College football "undefeated since 1960." The joke, of course, was that the little liberal arts c...

by Sam Eifling|

|Thu Oct 03 2013

How The NCAA Causes Gigantism: The Story Of The Small Regional Conference That Swallowed Up The Continent

Starting in the 2013-2014 season, University of Maine at Presque Isle and Mills College in Oakland, Calif., will play in the same athletic conference. These now-Division III schools are over 3,000 miles apart. How did this happen?...

by Reuben Fischer-Baum|

|Tue May 14 2013

Meet AJ Matthews, The 7-1 NBA Talent Playing At Farmingdale State Because No One Told Him About The SATs

Yahoo recently published a profile of AJ Matthews, Farmingdale State center and favorite for Division III player of the year. It shouldn't be surprising that he's kicking ass at Farmingdale State—he's 7-1 and athletic, a late-comer to basketball but also the recipient of a good deal of coaching sinc...

by Isaac Rauch|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

D-III Player's 138 Point-Game Is A Sham Record And Shouldn't Be Celebrated By Anyone

Jack Taylor, of the Grinnell College Pioneers, scored 138 points in a game last night, against Faith Baptist Bible College. It's a mindblowing number, shattering the old NCAA mark of 113, and it's being trumpeted as one of sports' all-time individual achievements. It is not. It is bullshit. It is ju...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Division III Basketball Player Scores 138 Points In A Single Game

Jack Taylor is a 5-foot-10 guard at Grinnell College, and last night he scored 138 points in his team's game against Faith Baptist Bible. Division III ball is essentially a somewhat glorified high-school game, but still, 138 points! That's insane, and Taylor now has the NCAA single-game scoring rec...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Introducing The Learning Curve

Many readers have inquired about the lack of coverage we provide to lesser known blogs these days. Rightfully so. I'd like to showcase those newer, under-trafficked blogs on a daily basis. But...there's a catch....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Britney Jordan: Great With The Rock... And Working The Pole

There are plenty of stories about athletes who came from humble beginnings, who stare down adversity, cliche, etc. Here's another one: Meet Britney Jordan, one of the NCAA's leading scorers and former Philadelphia exotic dancer....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

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